Comment by wrasee
8 hours ago
Only if you assume a priori that you are going to read it anyway, which misses the whole point.
Because you should have read RFC 1331.
Even then your argument assumes that optimising for total time (to include your own learning time) is the goal, and not solving the business case as a priority (your actual problem). That assumption may not be the case when you have a patch to submit. What you solve at what time point is the general case, there’s no single optimum.
You’re assuming your individual tasks perfectly align with what’s best for the organizations which is rarely the case.
Having a less skilled worker is a tradeoff for getting one very specific task accomplished sooner, that might be worth it especially if you plan to quit soon but it’s hardly guaranteed.